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As he was finishing up, he would take this opportunity to figure out what next. He had to say goodbye, but eventually he would have to go downstairs. So he took some time to deep breathe, and calm down. So he knew had to face the music. Bringing out his Psyduck and Machop to his side, he would give them the command. “Protect me” as he started going downstairs, and he kept quiet as he went into the doorway, and his pokemon by his side. He kept quiet and stayed in uniform, shades on too as his eyes were teary but his demeanor was professional. He stayed quiet as everyone started yapping about what happened. He stayed quiet as he saw Blizz a fire red, despite not changing at all.

Standing in the doorway we would first resist moving but found the urge to. As he got in the middle of the room, he would then unleash his heart. "Like I said in the courts, I would defend my family first. I joined hoping escape, but I see now as Sub said "I am an Accomplice to this" I turned but seeing what SWIPE and that wizard Curxi-Curi- whatever did, I am deeply sorry." Deo would then look at Blizz and say "You want my head now or later?"

Darts was fairly unaware of the drama going down in the common room, and considering the gambler's own checkered past he wasn't going to look twice at someone trying to take a good deal for themselves. That wasn't to say that he had no loyalty to the team, his missions for Sub to Orre (allegedly) were some of the reason they had gotten in this situation after all. However, the threat seemed awful minimal to the team overall and he was fairly certain, physically, he was a match for the Luxray hybrid. So even had he known, there was no certainty he would have intervened.

But, he didn't, so he did the next best thing - try to figure out what was happening. As Ogerpon continued to meticulously shine and polish each of her masks on the couch next to him, piece by buffed gem piece, Darts raises a gilt hand to wave Crystal over only for her to dash off, giving him some pause. He'd have to hail her when she got back to the room.

Aile would show up with Kayvaan and Poggle, the Nincada still clinging to her back, shaking. After they all caught up at HQ, Aile would catch the black Greninja up on what she had encountered during all of this, the ninja from looking astonished at first before leering at his trainer. He was still slightly upset as they met up with Sub and the others, waiting patiently as Aile tried to pick up on what had happened before she arrived. And just from Amber and Brian alone, though Blizz filled in more, she could pick up on just what had happened. Aile and Kayvaan would give each other a nod before the human woman spoke up. She was willing to say something to the Froslass hybrid, but she wound up bailing before the human could. “If she thinks that’s bad…” Instead, her attention would turn to Deo. “So, you tried to go traitor from what I’m picking up? Hm.” She gave a small frown before shrugging. “Get in line. Unless you were the reason Snagem got nabbed in the volcano, chill out. Even then. You didn't have a legendary Pokemon attack your former team, help the enemy gather Zygarde cells, and just continue to be a thorn in their side until you were captured.

“So you accepted a deal from SWIPE. I don’t think you’ve done any proper sabotage to the team, from everything I've heard.” Aile would wave her arm in a dismissive fashion, closing her eyes. “So, in that case, work on proving yourself. Work on making yourself trustworthy again. If I can get somewhat there, you can probably get there too. Maybe try to think about your actions a bit more. That's my personal advice to you.”

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Crystal world return to the main area once she finished writing, journal still in her hand. Now that she had gotten at least her basic thoughts written out, and had some small amount of time to process things, it was now time to find her reality jumping partner in crime. Though, it seemed to be easy enough, as she caught sight of him with Sub and the others, currently rounding on Deo for what had happened in the courtroom. And honestly, if Cruxias showing his hand didn’t happen, she might have been in that camp as well. However… That was the smallest bump in the road, miniscule in comparison to everything else she was confronted with. At this point, she really couldn’t care less either.

Ulla watched the exchanged between Deo and Sub. Then, almost everyone saying their peace. "If I may interject?" She said as she raised her hand. "...Although I don't condone this. He thought he was doing the right thing. It risked our lives here...our names. I could easily stay in the Fairy Realm and protect the Tree of Life...but I'm not. Because I want to help the Tree of Life from the other side." She explained as she looked at Deo. Then to all the Snagem who were passing judgement.

In Ulla's eyes. all the emotions were playing off of one another like dynamite. "Blizz come on...Looker even tried to convince me join them and leave you guys. If you had even a teeny bit of assurance that you're family could be safe...wouldn't you do anything for them?" She said as she placed her hand gently on his shoulder. She then looked at Deo. "Deo..we understand that your doing it for your family....some of us have families here too as you already know. A proper apology starts with sorry. And being sincere about your sorry." She said

I had to admit, learning that SWIPE wasn't involved in all the switched event shenanigans we'd been dealing with made Deo's involvement with them seem... less important. "You're far from the first person to join the team in order to accomplish your own ends," I pointed out to Deo. "Dunno what the ratio is, but he's got a point," Chaos added, recalling how he joined the team so he could keep a low profile from any police forces that were after him after his ten-year stint through Hoenn.

I had more to say, but I was interrupted again by Keiko standing up and letting Yuna hold onto Serena so she could stand next to Ulla and put a hand on the Fairy channeler's shoulder "A lot of us here have people we want to protect. I can't speak for everyone, but I don't hold anything against you," Keiko said to Deo, though she quickly shifted her gaze back to Ulla. I smirked at the two of them, and decided that I didn't need to add anything else.

"Careful," Sol spoke up right as Telia appeared, still trying to fully regain his own bearings after the team's brief time under Trick Room's influence. "Wish I had an answer for you, because Cyrus or his brand of... anything wasn't something Sub or I cared to touch with a ten-foot pole, nevermind anything with that Stone Society. As for Deo... truth be told, the way he cracked under pressure, I'm not sure he'd have it in him to deny fruit to a Venonat without feeling immense guilt. Though I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about how much we may have been compromised all along. Possibly not much, else SWIPE would've probably been after us sooner in Realgam."

"And besides," he added, "At the end of the day, the last one to throw us under a bus for themselves, I'll add that we rescued and helped her anyway. I can understand wanting to give retribution, but if there was a time to temper our flames before they spark a wildfire, it's now."

Once Blizzard moved to a wall, he'd use his now free arms to get the Master Ball out and let Cera back out. The Mew would be revealed again on the ground, still curled up tight. "I'm sorry, I wish I could move and do something and... we're..." Her anxieties starting to be staved off enough for her to realize the surroundings had changed and there wasn't the pressure of legendaries present (minus, you know, all the hybrids), she'd stretch out and sit up, seeing the walls of Trainer Hill and the others intact and accounted for. "Back at Trainer Hill...?" She sheepishly looked up at the others, noticing Amaranth as she appeared too and... was that Gale? She could feel a rush of energy, looking up at her hairband and the Key Stone set into it. By the time she looked at her Pidgeot again, the energy had already dissipated and the remnants of her Mega Evolution vanished with a flash, revealing Gale as she remembered.

She had questions, the biggest among them being "since when could Ammy do that," but Deo's answers and the remarks of the others saw her take a deep sigh and have to swallow both that and what was left of her anxiety. "Deo? If I can speak, I thought that too. Back when I was with the Rangers, actually with them, I did it to help in a way that maybe wouldn't need something like Snagem to exist. I... ended up arresting all of them after an incident in Orre, helped them escape right after that, and tried to operate between both sides. I got played right into their corruption and made things worse, put everyone and myself in a bad spot for a while too. Especially after Aile, I can't completely fault someone trying to do right by those they're close to."

"Well, I can," Amaranth chimed in immediately, recalling Gale. But rather than look towards Deo, her glare was squarely at Sub. "Sub, everything lately has felt like a hole being dug deeper and deeper in the name of trying to help or the stuff you and Darts were doing before this whole mess. I can get why stuff's being kept away at times, I really can, but I can only assume whatever happened during the trial had us dead to rights. I'm... it's selfish, we've got much worse stuff to worry about, but it stings seeing so much undone after all the classes and time I spent in Sinnoh alongside. After what all of us have done, personally and for the team."

"...Dark..." Sol eventually mentioned despite all of the goings-on. Phantoms of another time hit him all at once, a memory that felt like it should and shouldn't be remembered. But Reno and Sub's remarks brought it to the forefront again. He couldn't remember the way any of those memories ended, sure something was snuffed out by then. "I caught a glimpse of that Houndoom hybrid too, barely more than a couple of seconds. I assume he's with Cruxias, somehow. Let alone the badge of his too... some of you saw it, I'm sure. It had the same design as the crests Sub said Volo and Aden had, too."

"...so he's probably..." Cera found herself shaking a little, thinking about what this was going to mean. She didn't pick up on it, everything was too overwhelming by then. Words escaped her on what to say next, looking away after a second.